Welcome to undergroundBROWN.com
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Welcome to undergroundBROWN.com |
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THE VOICE OF THE UNSKILLED WORKER
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About undergroundbrown.com: undergroundbrown.com started up almost 3 years ago. Anyone who has worked for the big brown machine knows how frustrating it is at times to maintain your sanity. After talking to countless new hires and going through the process myself it is apparent that twisting the truth or just flat ignoring it is “SOP” (standard operating procedure) with the management of big brown. There are occasionally times when you will encounter a management employee who is still human and with whom you can actually have a rational conversation. I think we will all agree that they are however, in the minority. Most are numbers driven, soulless puppets who care very little, if at all for the little guy. In their minds we are expendable tools placed at their disposal to achieve impossible goals, with the end result being huge profits for them. We hear empty words like “safety first” and “methods” on a daily basis but in the end the only thing that matters to them are the numbers. Contract violations nationwide are rampant. Whether it be supervisors driving, timecards being altered, hourly wage discrepancies, start time violations, coding of part time and full time employees, excessive overtime, or our work being subbed out to private contractors. You name it, somewhere it’s being done. The employees of Big Brown are being robbed of millions of dollars a year while management employees pad their pockets and BB enjoys record profits. This blatant disregard for the contract and the employees it protects is what inspired the birth of undergroundbrown.com. Our shirts are what we like to call “Contract Awareness shirts”. If you have something to say to management but don’t know how to say it, let us help you express it with our undergroundbrown.com t-shirts. These shirts get right in managements face and whether they like it or not are a constant reminder of the one thing they despise the most, the union contract. The shirts serve as a constant reminder to management that the contract is more than just toilet paper. It is a living breathing document that is not open to debate and can not be thrown aside whenever they please. We appreciate you visiting undergroundbrown.com and hope you will enjoy the products we offer. |
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Our Driver T-shirt OverAllowed |
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Health, Athleticism, Body Mechanics, Inspect, Tools, Safety Compliance Its one of the most commonly used acronyms at Big Brown |
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Pay Code 41 Well that’s the gentle way of putting it. What that really means is unskilled labor. Unskilled labor is an official Big Brown term. Show your pride in the unskilled labor you perform with this witty T-shirts. |
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Got Skills? That is the question. According to Big Brown you don’t. They’ve invested millions in software and equipment so they can justify coding your position as “Unskilled”. So do you or don’t you “Got Skills”? |
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Congratulations You’ve made it to the elite. Unlike those unskilled laborers you’ve been awarded the title of skilled labor. Pay Code 42 or skilled labor as it commonly called, entitles you to a $1 an hour raise. Better go hit the dollar menu at break to celebrate. |
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Code 5 ? Ever been told to get off the clock? According to the contract you are guaranteed 3 ½ hrs. a day but some supervisors feel it is unfair to over work you a whole 3 ½ hrs. so they offer you the luxury of heading home early. How nice. |
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It use to be According to the old timers Big Brown was once a place where you enjoyed your work. Some old timers even referred their friends to Big Brown for employment. Can you imagine endorsing such a thing? Well you know what they say…misery loves company. |
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More Acronyms? PAS of course stands for preload assist system. POS is an acronym commonly used by drivers in reference to PAS. You figure it out. |
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This shirt says it all. United Prison Systems. If we were to make this into an acronym I believe it would be U.P.S. |
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Ever feel like an inmate in a prison? You’ve got the loud buzzers, the concrete floors, the small 8X10 box you walk in and out of a thousand times a day. Not to mention the guard constantly looking over your shoulder watching your every move. A year at Big Brown is the equivalent to a nickel at Folsom, except we make less. |
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The exact meaning of the word “Salt” It's still a mystery, but you know what they are. Basically a Bogus Haz Mat Package is sent to you to see if you will catch it before loading it. Rumor has it the salt program was implemented with the sole purpose of giving part time supervisors something to do. |
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OK methods don’t really Suck They keep us safe and give management a way to blame any misfortunate event on us. Everybody knows if you follow the methods, life will be perfect in every way |
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Safety First! As long as you are meeting your pieces per hour. Safety is of the up most importance to Big Brown as long as it doesn’t interfere with production. The shirt should probably read “Production First, Safety Later”! |
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Most People Just Say “WORST”! Not at Big Brown. We would never use such negative language towards our highly unskilled work force. We prefer the term Least Best. Its got a nice ring to it. |
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One thing about Big Brown Our uniforms kick butt. If you have to work in the package industry. I’d rather do it wearing Pulman Brown than some purple and green clown suit or even worse bright yellow. |
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UNION YES None of us would be working at Big Brown without union representation. If you do you're crazy! Show management you mean business with this union yes T-shirt. |
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He’s the GodFather! The mans name strikes fear in hearts of Big Brown management. Some say Jimmy Hoffa is dead but our sources tell us he’s still leading the Good Fight. He’s just gone Underground. |
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“Peak Sucks”! It’s our favorite time of year. According to our center manager peak consists of one or two weeks right before Christmas. For those of us in the trenches it lasts a bit longer than that. Depending on where you work at brown peak affects us all just a little different: Double or triple your stop count, double or triple your pph, double or triple the volume. But one thing we all get to deal with is double or triple the B.S. |
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“Escrew You”! If you haven’t figured this one out yet take out the r. Any questions? |
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“Misloader of the Month”! OK, with the exception of a few of us we’ve all been there. Show your pride in your work with the misloader of the month t-shirt. |
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“What can BROWN do to you ”!
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“It's a Trend ”! Ever hear this one from management? Big Brown is famous for this statement. Trends are an ongoing phenomenon at big brown. Ever ask your center manager what’s up with the volume. It’s a trend will be the reply. These trends are charted by brown for usually about a year. If the trend stays consistent then at that time Brown may decide to act. Whether it’s adding a driver, a route, more preloaders, sorters, whatever it’s usually about a year or two late |
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“Bulk it in ”! Rap up starts the minute you clock in. Bulk it in! We’re asked to work safe. We’re asked for sequential loads. We’re also trained to put the box on the car the first time we touch it. How are we suppose to safely, and sequentially load a car when in the first 15 minutes of your shift a box the size of a Geo metro comes down. You just stuff it on the car wherever you can fit it and work around it the rest of your shift. Who cares if it’s a tripping hazard. Who cares if it gets buried. Who cares if it is out of sequence. Drivers complain a lot about the quality of the loaders. Take a look at who trains them. There’s your problem. |
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“What Egress ”! We hear a lot about egress when an audit may be coming. The rest of the time it’s keep the belt on. Empty words big brown! |
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“I survived KETER ”! Got a KETER audit coming up? These shirts are great before or after the fact. |
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